Comments on: Dow Jones and the Industrials “Can’t Stand the Midwest”/The Gizmos “The Midwest Can Be Alright” http://www.marathonpacks.com/2005/10/dow-jones-and-industrials-cant-stand/ someone warn the plains! Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:04:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: sonicdeath99 http://www.marathonpacks.com/2005/10/dow-jones-and-industrials-cant-stand/comment-page-1/#comment-100 sonicdeath99 Thu, 27 Oct 2005 20:50:00 +0000 http://174.132.200.226/~marathon/mpax/2005/10/dow-jones-and-the-industrials-cant-stand-the-midwestthe-gizmos-the-midwest-can-be-alright.html#comment-100 Dow Jones and Gizmos did a split LP, Hoosier Hysteria, that still has a cherished place in my record collection. I still vividly remember the record-release party in Bloomington in '79/'80. <br/><br/>15 years later, I'm in Memphis working for an ad agency. We had a client from L.A. who was putting on a special event in Memphis. We're out at dinner, just drunk enough to say someting stupid about Sonic Youth. My client responds immediately about "Thurston and Kim" being in town last week. I'm shocked. "Dave," I ask, "how the hell do you know about Sonic Youth."<br/><br/>"I used to be a drummer in a band," my client replies. "What band?" I ask.<br/><br/>"The Gizmos..."<br/><br/>I freak. Turns out my client is Dave Myers, who played drums for the Gizmos and Vulgar Boatmen. I'd seen him perform numerous times. I brought in the "Hoosier Hysteria" LP the next day. He was amazed. We remain good friends to this day. Dow Jones and Gizmos did a split LP, Hoosier Hysteria, that still has a cherished place in my record collection. I still vividly remember the record-release party in Bloomington in ‘79/’80.

15 years later, I’m in Memphis working for an ad agency. We had a client from L.A. who was putting on a special event in Memphis. We’re out at dinner, just drunk enough to say someting stupid about Sonic Youth. My client responds immediately about “Thurston and Kim” being in town last week. I’m shocked. “Dave,” I ask, “how the hell do you know about Sonic Youth.”

“I used to be a drummer in a band,” my client replies. “What band?” I ask.

“The Gizmos…”

I freak. Turns out my client is Dave Myers, who played drums for the Gizmos and Vulgar Boatmen. I’d seen him perform numerous times. I brought in the “Hoosier Hysteria” LP the next day. He was amazed. We remain good friends to this day.

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